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The 1848 presidential election was the first in which all states voted on the same day—and the first in which the winner was called quickly by the media.

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At the end of a turbulent campaign, the global news organization has a big role to play, with 4,000 reporters collecting vote counts from county clerks in 50 states.

So every U.S. election night, The Associated Press counts the nation’s votes, tallying millions of ballots and determining which candidates have won their races. It’s been done that way since 1848, ...

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This wasn’t always the case in America. Before the 1848 election, states were allowed to hold their voting at any time over several weeks.

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The AP has been leading this charge and “counting the vote” since 1848 (more on that history from The New York Times here). AP has been the gold standard for calling races for decades.

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